Living with the loss, a year later

6:29 pm

Fri December 13, 2013

Scarlett Lewis describes the last year of her life as a journey. Since her son Jesse was killed in the Sandy Hook shooting last December, Lewis and her other son have been trying to find ways to deal with their grief. They’ve found one of the most important things they could do is forgive.

With the one year mark of the Newtown school shooting approaching Saturday, officials met with the media Tuesday to describe how they want the day to be observed. Officials describe a quite day of reflection.

5:54 pm

Mon December 9, 2013

Family members of Sandy Hook Elementary School victims thanked the world today for an outpouring of kindness since the shooting in the Connecticut school nearly a year ago. The families say they want the victims to be remembered.

The families have launched a website with remembrances of their loved ones.

The full text of the prepared statement, which was read by JoAnn Bacon and Krista Rekos, is below:

Newtown 911 calls

4:11 pm

Wed December 4, 2013

Some of the 911 recordings from the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown were released today. WSHU has decided not to air the recordings, which add little new information about what happened that morning. But WSHU’s Craig LeMoult reports on what’s in the emotional recordings.